Dedication of Yakima's new depot and pioneer address
In a Saturday ceremony at the Yakima Theatre the new depot was dedicated. Judge Whitson delivered the principal address, recounting early settlement from 1870 and urging fewer laws with better enforcement as North Yakima marked its 25th anniversary amid speeches by Mayor Armbruster and Northern Pacific officials.
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Yakima Theatre
Alex. Miller
Clab
Bdward Whitson
Armbruster
A J. Splawn
Leonard Thor
A. R. Weed
H. M. Gilbert
Henry J Snively
H. C. Nutt
Northern Pacific Road
Reid
Tacoma
Whitson
Stevens
Kamiahkim
Ludge Whitson
Territorial Legiglature
North Yakima
Northern Pacific
Chestnut Street
Nutt
North Yakimsa
Edwina Beck
Will Lemon
Lottie Leach
Tropics
Seattle
Portland
Territory
James M. Armstrong
Spokane
Congress
Charles 8. Voorhees
Mirage and Movement Redraw a Town's Center in 1885
The passage recalls a desert like mirage guiding residents as they moved across a plain. A town shift hinged on people’s choices and local politics. The removal of key institutions such as the First National Bank Bartholet and Guelland hotels and the land office shifted the balance. By fall 1885 a new business center stood, attracting residents with shared hopes.
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First National Bank
Bartholet
Guelland
Washington Woolgrowers Meet to Elect Cameron Successor
Washington association of Woolgrowers called to convene this afternoon in annual session to elect a successor to the late S J Cameron and to transact long delayed business. Forest Supervisor Allen expected in North Yakima to discuss grazing privileges in Rainier reserve with local owners and others from adjoining counties. The assembly will decide districting and head limits while the woolgrowers outnumber other users at the reserve already in demand.
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Allen
North
Yakima
Rainier
Federal Court Room
Republic Building
Washington
Woolgrowers of
Washington Association of Woolgrowers
H. Stanley Coffin
S. J. Cameron
Cameron
Corporation Income Tax Law Explainer From 1909 Act
The 1909 act imposes a 1 percent tax on net corporate income over five thousand dollars earned within the United States and its territories, with deductions for ordinary expenses and certain losses. It applies to domestic and foreign corporations organized for profit, excluding fraternal, labor, agricultural, or horticultural groups.
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Collector of Internal Revenue
Congress of the
United States
Alaska
District of Columbia
Intercert
THINGS TO KNOW From a distant past
Almost two thirds of the world petroleum is produced by the United States. Electrical horsepower powers mining in the Klondike. Southern Pacific lines in Mexico may run on dwarf oak from Japan. About $25 000 in gold is recovered from soot in U S mints chimneys. Rotterdam streetcars carry first aid kits for emergencies. A rubber pavement under a London hotel lasted twenty one years. Nome Alaska uses electricity to be among the best lit towns.
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United States
Klondike
Southern Pacific
Mexico
Japan
Rotterdam
London
Nome
Alaska
America
Radium production lab set for London site
The world’s first commercial radium producer is constructing a laboratory in London. The report notes other industrial milestones including a French viaduct opening and an English architect’s view on Pisa Leaning Tower.
Important Postal Hours Change With New Northern Pacific Station
Postmaster Lemon announces that between 10 PM and 5 AM no mail will move between the new Northern Pacific station and the post office. Mail must be in the post office by 9:30 PM to go out that night. The railroad will not operate night service once the station opens around February 1, shifting mail handling away from overnight crews. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised by C. W. Camp.
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Northern Pacific
Lemon
Sam
el Purl
Eli
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Jeck Splawn
Jude Reid
Jack” Splawn
Mr. Splawn
Naches
Leonard Thorp
Tam
George
Isaac I. Stevens
Indian Affairs
Washington Territory
Yakima Nation of Indians
Kamiskum
Kittitas
Chelan, Douglas, Franklin
Whitman, Adams and Klickitat
Yakima Indian Reservation
Fielding Mortimer Thorp
Moxee
Alfred B. Weed
Thomas G. Redfield
Philip A. Ditter
Kietty
Ferguson County
Simcoe Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Walla Walla
Wenatchee River
Yakima County
William Parker
Parker Bottom
James H. Wilbur
Charles A. Splawn
Benten County
Klickitat County
William Wright
Moxee Valley
F. M
Thorp
Kittitas Valley
Charles P. Cooke
Selah
Flint’s
Yakima City
Mount Ottawa
George W. Goodwin
Parker Brothers
Barker
Sehanno Brothers
Sehanno
Barkers
Goodwin
Sebastian Lauber
Schanno
Lauber
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Yakima Valley
Puget Sound
Charles 3. Wright
Cascade
Columbia River
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Pioneer
Orient
Northwest
M. V. B. Stacey
Charles B. Wright
Railroad
Charles B. Lamborn
St. Paul
Paul Schulze
West
Field Council
Colonel Lamborn
Oid
Schulze
Stacey
Colonel Swellers
Oregon
Yelima
Isc
Violeacc
Yakima Signi
Thor
Ees
Warren Toppan
Lynn
Mass
Toppan
Vinci
Fredl. Janeck
Germany
New York Public Service Commission
France
Pisa
Department of Agriculture
C. W. Camp
Cascade Lumber Co
First St
Avenue
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